Abdullah II of Jordan Quotes

In a democracy, not everyone gets what they want.

In democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not its taste, but its effect,...

If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.

In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.

Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy.

In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks.

The freedom to persuade and suggest is the essence of the democratic process.

Opinion and protest are the life breath of democracy—even when it blows heavy.

I have always believed that genuine democracy is fairness.

It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.

The practical core of democracy, defined functionally, is the peaceful exchange of power between different groups of powerful political players arranged in parties.

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.

The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right.

The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.

Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.

I don't believe the majority always knows what's best for everyone.

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.

A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.

The American system of democracy is founded on the concept that every citizen has the right to vote, to know that their vote is counted, and that the vote is counted accurately.

Democracy involves that old-fashioned thing called working it out.

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

A government of, by and for the people is obligated to conduct the nation's business in a manner that respects dissent.